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SUBMITTER: Blanchard S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2680446 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blanchard Sophie S Turecek Frantisek F Gelb Michael H MH
Carbohydrate research 20090320 8
Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis-II) is caused by deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase. The assay of this sulfatase requires the use of alpha-L-iduronate glycosides containing a sulfate at the 2-position. We report a simple, three-step procedure for the introduction of sulfate at the 2-position starting with the methyl ester of alpha-L-iduronate glycosides. The procedure involves protection of the 2- and 4-hydroxyl groups of the iduronate moiety as the dibutyl stannylen ...[more]